> > I seem to remember the original QIC11 standard was (or at least included) a > 4 track version. And the later 9 track format kept those 4 tracks in the > same > place and put 5 more, one on each side and 3 between them if you see what > I mean. > > So unless you need to read 2 tracks simultaneously (e.g. becuase it uses > the > encoded where a pulse on one track is a '0', a pulse on the other is a '1' > and > pulses on both together are a marker) you can probably get the data off > the tape > with a raw 4 track or 9 track drive and a custom controller.
That didn't work when AJ read my S8000 tapes at least. Some of the tracks had to be read a few stepper motor steps off the nominal track to give a good read. And I did the decoding in software. No custom conroller hardware. /Mattis > > -tony >
